Water mouse

Xeromys myoides

Blamed on cats

IUCN status: Vulnerable

EPBC Predator Threat Rating: Not assessed

IUCN claim: “Predation by feral Domestic Cats (Felis catus) may be a threat, but extent and impact are not known.”

Studies in support

No studies

Studies not in support

No studies

Is the threat claim evidence-based?

No studies were found linking cats to water mice.

Evidence linking Xeromys myoides to cats. Systematic review of evidence for an association between Xeromys myoides and cats. Positive studies are in support of the hypothesis that cats contribute to the decline of Xeromys myoides, negative studies are not in support. Predation studies include studies documenting hunting or scavenging; baiting studies are associations between poison baiting and threatened mammal abundance where information on predator abundance is not provided; population studies are associations between threatened mammal and predator abundance. See methods section in [current submission] for details on evidence categories.
Evidence linking Xeromys myoides to cats. Systematic review of evidence for an association between Xeromys myoides and cats. Positive studies are in support of the hypothesis that cats contribute to the decline of Xeromys myoides, negative studies are not in support. Predation studies include studies documenting hunting or scavenging; baiting studies are associations between poison baiting and threatened mammal abundance where information on predator abundance is not provided; population studies are associations between threatened mammal and predator abundance. See methods section in [current submission] for details on evidence categories.

References

Current submission (2023) Scant evidence that introduced predators cause extinctions.

IUCN Red List. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ Accessed June 2023